Chilanga Cement
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chilanga Cement is a company of Zambia. Chilanga is principally a cement company, producing cement and cement clinker. The company is headquartered in Chilanga, which is close to Lusaka, the national capital.
[edit] History
The company was founded in 1949, privatized in 1957, nationalized in 1973, and was the first large state-owned company to be privatized (or re-privatized, as it were), in 1994. Chilanga Cement was the first company to be listed on the Lusaka Stock Exchange, in 1995.
[edit] Operations
Chilanga Cement operates two major facilities, one in Chilanga and one in Ndola.
Chilanga's largest customer is the Zambian copper industry, including the large mining company ZCCM; it exports cement and cement clinker to nearby countries, including Malawi, Zimbabwe and Tanzania.
